Patricia Kimera is a lawyer from the Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF) who is representing the group.

She told Reuters she is worried about the health of some of the members of the group. They weak and some reported symptoms of malaria and typhoid.

Moreover, she also said it was only right that prosecutors have dropped the charges. While Uganda does prevent gatherings of more than 10 people, there are no restrictions on the number of people who can live together in a house.

‘Solely based on hate towards the LGBTQ community’

Human rights observers have said local Ugandan officials deliberately trumped up the charges to attack the LGBT+ community.

Edwin Sesange is director of the African Equality Foundation.

He told GSN: ‘We thank all those who have been involved in the litigation process. We pay our sympathy to the Ugandan LGBTQ community especially those who had to go through these illegal arrests, torture and detention by the government.

‘This case was solely based on hate towards the LGBTQ community not the quest for justice or the protection of the community.’

Moreover, he called on Uganda to drop its laws that punish homosexuality with jail and date from the British Empire:

‘Uganda is an independent country therefore it should stop relying on outdated colonial laws to persecute innocent LGBTQ Ugandans.’